BSTV: How to Make a Beat With Truckasauras

Seattle-based lo-fi sound insurrectionists Truckasauras -- Adam Swan, Tyler Swan, Ryan Trudell, and Dan Bordon -- are known for mish-mashing a cornucopia of sights and electronic sounds during their live shows and in the studio. With the release of their electro-fueled second album, Quarters, we asked the band to send us a video tour of their studio. But what we received from these Northwest nutters completely blew our mind. If machines like TR-808, SH-101, Sequential Tom and TB-303 turn you on, and you don't mind seeing snippets of girls wrestling in oil and random explosions between scenes, well, get ready to watch some serious studio hijinks go down Truckasauras style. Wait, is Ryan making a tune with a Game Boy? Hold me, please.

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[digitalzero]

@subliminallabs It's a Knas Ekdahl Moisturizer. They're on Analogue Haven for $430.

[subliminallabs]

No! Not the TB303 itself, i'm talking about the weird spring reverb thing next to it! It's obviously an exposed spring reverb tank but I want to know more about what the knobs are all about on it and what the circuit inside is... touching the spring to get effects, that kind of thing looks like a TON of fun to play with.

[splatwacker]

@subliminallabs lol its funny you ask about that one in particular, the tb-303 is one of the most popular synth/seq in the electronic music industry. The song Everybody Needs a 303 by Fatboy Slim is about it. Its probably overrated, cus its fairly simple, but It has almost a legendary status because its kinda rare and many who use it tend to become successful.

[subliminallabs]

what's the awesome reverb unit with the tb-303? homemade gadget? i'd love to know what the internals are on that thing, what all the knobs do...

[marillo18]

great stuff

[gapjux9]

very cool...